Welcome to a New Year. This old orb is
on its way on another trip around the sun. Have you been up yet in
the new year? I try to always fly on January 1. It serves as a
message to myself to seize every opportunity to go and it just
simply starts the year off right! So I joined the FATPNW and their
fly in to eat at The Hub on Tacoma Narrows (TIW). 60-plus pilots
and crew and 40-plus aircraft. As one participant told me, “this
is what flying USED to be like!” Perhaps with dropping fuel
prices, we’ll see more of what flying used to be like.

2014 was a good year for your Washington
Pilots Association. We grew in membership. We participated in land
use discussions with numerous local jurisdictions. Chapters across
the state teamed with their airports for airport days, fly ins and
all kinds of outreach events. In particular, the Spokane Chapter
went all-in with their support of the Northwest AOPA Regional Fly
In.